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package com.streamsets.pipeline.lib.io;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The lifecycle of a file context provider is:
 *
 * repeat as needed:
 *
 *    setOffsets()
 *    loop while disFullLoop()
 *      next()
 *    optionally call startNewLoop() and do a new loop
 *    getOffsets()
 *
 *  close()
 *
 */
public interface FileContextProvider extends Closeable {

  void setOffsets(Map<String, String> offsets) throws IOException;

  FileContext next();

  boolean didFullLoop();

  void startNewLoop();

  Map<String, String> getOffsets() throws IOException;

  void purge();

}
